Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
  • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G10D13/00—Percussion musical instruments; Details or accessories therefor
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
  • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G10D13/00—Percussion musical instruments; Details or accessories therefor
  • G10D13/01—General design of percussion musical instruments
  • G10D13/02—Drums; Tambourines with drumheads
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
  • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G10D13/00—Percussion musical instruments; Details or accessories therefor
  • G10D13/01—General design of percussion musical instruments
  • G10D13/06—Castanets, cymbals, triangles, tambourines without drumheads or other single-toned percussion musical instruments
  • G10D13/063—Cymbals
  • G10D13/065—Hi-hats
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
  • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G10D13/00—Percussion musical instruments; Details or accessories therefor
  • G10D13/10—Details of, or accessories for, percussion musical instruments
  • G10D13/18—Snares; Snare-strainers
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
  • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G10D13/00—Percussion musical instruments; Details or accessories therefor
  • G10D13/10—Details of, or accessories for, percussion musical instruments
  • G10D13/28—Mountings or supports for individual drums

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an acoustic drum, and a musical instrumental ensemble comprising such a battery.
• the field of the invention is that of musical instruments, more particularly percussion instruments, both for professional use and leisure.
• an acoustic drum is a set of percussion instruments, which, in a typical form, includes, or even consists of, a bass drum, a snare drum and a hi-hat, that is, say a pair of cymbals hooked to a foot pedal.
• a battery is, due to the accumulated size of the instruments constituting it, difficult to store and even more difficult to transport, with a substantial cost of transportation when the drummer travels by plane and he wants his battery to follow him in his movements.
• the object of the present invention is to provide an acoustic battery which, while being of great sound quality, is easy and convenient to store and transport.
• the subject of the invention is an acoustic battery as defined in claim 1.
• the bass drum comprises two parts movable relative to each other. In a position separated from these two parts of the bass drum, it is used as a percussion instrument, being internally empty to delimit a bass drum resonance volume, and it serves as a removable mounting bracket to the body clear, the latter being also removably attached to the hi-hat stand: the bass drum, the snare drum and the hi-hat stand are then in a game configuration, being arranged relative to each other similarly to a battery acoustics of the prior art.
• the drummer associates it with a pair of cymbals and a bass drum pedal, which are known as such, for example being available in the trade, and which are reported respectively on the hi-hat stand and the bass drum, the drummer using to play a pair of sticks or brooms, known as such and commercially available.
• the snare drum and the hi-hat stand are arranged inside the bass drum, being housed between the two parts of this bass drum, the battery being then in a configuration storage and transport, occupying a particularly small total volume.
• the battery according to the invention in its storage and transport configuration, advantageously complies with the current dimensional requirements of cabin hand luggage authorized by the well-known airlines, while also respecting the associated weight requirements. : thus, thanks to the invention, a drummer can travel by plane keeping the battery according to the invention with him as hand luggage.
• the passage of the battery according to the invention, between the game configuration and the storage configuration and transport is easily performed and in a very short time of a few tens of seconds.
• the invention also relates to a musical instrumental ensemble, as defined in claim 43.
• FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views, at different respective angles of observation, of the components, separated from each other, of an acoustic battery according to the invention
• FIGS. 3 to 6 are perspective views, at different respective viewing angles, of the battery of FIG. 1 in a game configuration
• FIG. 7 is a view on a larger scale of the circled detail VII in FIG. 4; and FIGS. 8 to 11 are perspective views, at different respective viewing angles, showing the progressive transition of the battery of FIG. game configuration, shown in Figures 3 to 6, to a storage and transport configuration, shown in Figure 1 1.
• FIGS. 1 to 1 1 show an acoustic battery 1 comprising three main components, namely a bass drum 10, a snare drum 20 and a hi-hat stand 30.
• these components will be described in detail one after the other. other.
• the bass drum 10, the snare drum 20 and the hi-hat stand 30 are assembled so that the battery 1 is in a game configuration, that is to say a configuration in which the The user of the battery, in other words a drummer, can play the battery 1 in the same way as with an acoustic battery of the prior art.
• the bass drum 10, the snare drum 20 and the hi-hat stand 30 are arranged with respect to each other so that the battery 1 is in a storage and transport configuration
• the battery 1 going from FIGS. 3 to 7 show the configuration of the storage and transport configuration of FIG. 11 with intermediate progressive storage configurations, shown in FIGS. 8 to 10.
• FIGS. 1 and 2 the snare drum 20, FIG. the components of the bass drum 10, intended to be disassembled by the user, as well as the components of the hi-hat support, intended to be disassembled by the user, are shown separately from each other.
• the following description is oriented relative to the player of the battery 1 while it is in the game configuration and rests on a floor considered horizontal.
• the bass drum 10 has two main parts, namely a front portion 1 1 and a rear portion 12, each corresponding substantially to one half of the bass drum 10.
• the parts 1 1 and 12 of the bass drum 10 are formed in the form two distinct parts, which are movable relative to each other, or even separable from each other for reasons of practicality, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
• the front portion 1 1 comprises a front main panel 13 and two side panels 14, respectively left and right.
• Each of the panels 13 and 14 is substantially planar.
• the panels 13 and 14 are secured permanently to each other by any appropriate means.
• the side panels 14 extend rearwardly from the opposite side edges of the front panel 13, substantially perpendicular to the front panel 13. In section in a horizontal plane, the front panel 13 and the side panels 14 have, together, a "U" profile facing backwards.
• the panels 13 and 14 have the same vertical dimension, their upper edge being flush with each other and their lower edge also being flush with each other.
• the front panel 13 is provided on its lower edge with a hooking member 15 for a bass drum pedal, not shown in the figures, provided to be controlled by the right foot of the drummer.
• This pedal is to report to the bass drum 10 to allow the drummer to hit the front of the panel 13 by an appropriate hammer pedal.
• a bass drum pedal is known per se and is commercially available as an accessory for acoustic batteries of the prior art.
• the attachment member 15 consists of a plate provided with a non-slip coating, for example rubber or the like, guaranteeing good retention of the bass drum pedal: in the game configuration of the battery 1, this plate extends projecting towards the front of the lower edge of the panel 13, this plate being advantageously retractable, at least partly, towards the rear, in particular in the thickness of the panel 13, in the storage and transport configuration of the battery 1.
• a non-slip coating for example rubber or the like
• the front face of the panel 13 is provided with a felt 16 or the like, arranged so that the hammer of the bass drum pedal strikes the panel 13 at the level of this felt, by deafening thus the sound attack and darkening the resulting sound.
• the felt 16 also gives a visual indication of the area of the panel 13, intended to be hit by the hammer of the bass drum pedal.
• the front panel 13 is provided, on its rear face, with a movable panel 17, which is substantially flat and which is carried at the upper end of the panel 13 so as to tilt around a horizontal geometric axis YY.
• a rocking panel 17 which is substantially flat and which is carried at the upper end of the panel 13 so as to tilt around a horizontal geometric axis YY. The interest of this rocking panel 17 will appear later.
• the rear portion 12 of the bass drum 10 comprises a rear main panel 18 and two side panels 19, respectively left and right.
• Each of the panels 18 and 19 is substantially planar.
• the panels 18 and 19 are secured permanently to each other by any appropriate means.
• the side panels 19 extend forward respectively from the opposite side edges of the rear panel 18, perpendicular to the latter.
• the panels 18 and 19 jointly confer, at the rear portion 12 of the bass drum 10, a profile "U" facing forward.
• the horizontal spacing, denoted e12 in FIG. 1, between the respective faces of the side panels 19, facing away from the rear panel 18, is provided equal to or slightly smaller than the horizontal spacing, denoted e1 1 in FIG.
• the rear portion 12 forms a male portion, dimensioned to be nested in the front part 1 1 which thus forms a complementary female part, this interlocking between the parts 1 1 and 12 of arranging in an adjusted manner the panels 19 between the panels 14.
• the panels 18 and 19 of the rear portion 12 have the same vertical dimension, which is substantially equal to that of the panels 13 and 14 of the front part 1 1.
• the respective upper edges of the panels 18 and 19 are flush with each other.
• the respective lower edges of the panels 18 and 19 are flush with each other, these lower edges being supported on the ground in the play configuration of the battery 1, and stably autonomously for the part rear 12 because of its profile in "U".
• the rear panel 18 defines a through opening 18A, thus connecting the front and rear faces of this panel 18 to each other.
• the front face of the rear panel 18 is provided, at its upper end, with two protruding lugs 1 10 or, more generally, with at least one projecting relief, the interest of which will appear later.
• the front parts 1 1 and rear 12 of the bass drum 10 are designed to, by means of their relative displacement, be fixedly assembled to one another in two different positions, namely a spaced apart position, which is shown in FIGS. 6 and which is associated with the game configuration of the battery 1, and a compact position, which is shown in Figure 1 1 and which is associated with the configuration of storage and transport of the battery.
• the rear portion 12 When the front parts 1 1 and rear 12 of the bass drum 10 are in the spaced apart position, the rear portion 12 is only partially nested with the front part 1 1, in the sense that only the respective free end portions of the panels 19 of the the rear portion 12 are arranged between the panels 14 of the front part 1 1, as clearly visible in Figures 4 to 6, whereas when the front parts 1 1 and rear 12 of the bass drum 10 are in a compact position, the part rear 12 is fully engaged in the front part 1 1, in the sense a greater part of the panels 19 is arranged between the panels 14 that in the spaced position, or all of the panels 19 and the panel 18 are arranged between the panels 14, as shown in Figure 1 1.
• this parallelepipedal outer shape measures 30 cm by 45 cm by 18 cm when the parts 1 1 and 12 are in a compact position, which meets the common dimensional requirements for the hand luggage of well-known airlines.
• the panels 13, 14, 18 and 19 of these parts 1 1 and 12 jointly delimit between them an internal volume substantially parallelepipedic, the internal volume associated with the spaced apart position being greater than that associated with the compact position.
• this internal volume is provided for, in the compact position of the parts 1 1 and 12 of the bass drum 10, to be occupied, largely or almost all, by the snare drum 20 and the hi-hat stand In the storage and transport configuration of the battery 1.
• V10 in the figure 6: it is understood that this bass drum resonance volume V10 is delimited, at the front, by the panel 13, which thus forms a strike panel, and, at the rear, by the panel 18, which forms a panel sound output via its opening 18A.
• the parts 1 1 and 12 of the bass drum 10 are provided with ad hoc means for assembling these parts fixedly to one another, selectively in a remote position and in a compact position.
• these assembly means comprise two threads 1 January 1, respectively provided in the side panels 19 of the part 12, and two screws butterflies 1 12, complementary to the threads 1 1 1.
• Each butterfly screw 1 12 is able to be introduced through through holes 1 13 delimited by the side walls 14 of the part 1 1: each panel 14 is provided with two of these through holes 1 13, arranged so as to be aligned with the tapping 1 1 1 of the facing panel 19 in respectively the spaced position and the compact position, as can be seen by comparing FIGS. 3 and 1 1.
• FIGS. 3 and 1 1 Of course, other embodiments of these assembly means are conceivable, in particular actuatable without tools.
• the panels 13, 14, 18 and 19 are advantageously made of wood, especially multilayer wood, including poplar and such as plywood.
• the front panel 13 comprises, at the same time, at the front, a strike plate 13.1, which is thinner than the other panels of the bass drum 10 and whose front face is made of tanganika walnut, and, at the rear, a frame 13.2, which borders the periphery of the rear face of the strike plate 13.1 and to which are secured the side panels 14, as clearly visible in Figure 2.
• the panel 17 is mounted to tilt relative to the panel 13 of the front portion 1 1 about the axis YY.
• This panel 17 is thus tiltable between a service position, shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, and a storage position, shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, as shown in solid lines in FIG. 2.
• the panel 17 shown in FIG. dotted in Figure 2 occupies an intermediate tilted position between the service position and the storage position. In the service position, the panel 17 extends horizontally, ie perpendicular to the front panel 13, thus being deployed relative to the latter, while in the storage position, the panel 17 s extends vertically and is retracted, being pressed against the rear face of the front panel 13.
• the panel 17 tends to occupy the storage position, the raising of the panel from the storage position until 'to the service position to be manually operated by the user when assembling the battery 1.
• the panel 17 is held in its operating position by cooperation with the rear part 12: in the embodiment considered in the figures, the panel 17 is thus maintained in its operating position by gravity support of its free end on the projecting lugs 1 10 of the front face of the rear panel 18 of the portion 12, as shown in Figure 6, the panel 17 being sized to fit between the side panels 19, as clearly visible in Figure 5.
• the panel 17 in the service position closes the upper side of the bass drum resonance volume V10.
• the panel 17 is advantageously made of wood, especially multilayer wood, such as plywood.
• This panel 17 may be provided solid or, according to a particularly advantageous embodiment, which is also implemented in the example considered in the figures, the panel 17 includes, on its side facing upwards in the service position. , a striking plate 17.1, which is thinner than the rest of the panel 17 and whose face facing upwards is made of walnut tanganika.
• the panel 17 then also includes, on its side opposite to the striking plate 17.1, a sound output plate 17.2 delimiting a through opening 17A, visible in FIG. 6. This opening 17A opens downwards into the resonance volume of FIG.
• bass drum V10 when the panel is in the service position, and it opens upwards in a free volume defined by the panel 17 between its plates 17.1 and 17.2, for example in the thickness of the plate 17.2.
• This free volume constitutes a volume of tom resonance, in the sense that, in the game configuration of the battery 1, the drummer obtains a tom sound by striking, by chopsticks or brushes, the plate 17.1 of the panel 17 into service position.
• battery 1 thus includes, as it were, an additional percussion instrument, namely a tom, without increasing the overall bulk of the battery as a result of the integration of this tom with the bass drum. , more precisely to the part 1 1 thereof, in the form of the panel 17.
• the snare drum 20 comprises two parallel main panels, namely an upper panel 21 and a lower panel 22.
• the respective peripheries of the upper 21 and lower 22 panels are connected to each other by a front panel 23, a rear panel 24 and side panels 25, respectively left and right.
• the panels 21 to 25 are substantially planar and are fixed permanently to one another by any appropriate means.
• the panels 21 to 25 give the snare drum 20 a generally parallelepiped external shape. According to a preferred dimensioning, this parallelepipedal external shape measures 23.3 cm by 25.5 cm by 9.7 cm.
• the panels 21 to 25 jointly delimit between them an internal volume, substantially parallelepipedic, of the snare drum 20, constituting a clear snare drum volume V20.
• this snare volume V20 is delimited by the upper panel 21, which thus forms a strike panel on the upper face of which the drummer strikes sticks or brooms in the play configuration of the battery 1.
• the upper panel 21 is, on its lower face, provided with stamps 26 which vibrate when striking on the upper face of the panel 21.
• the stamps 26 are provided in duplicate, in the form of two groups of wire whose one end is respectively fixed to the side panels 25.
• the resonance volume V20 snare drum is delimited by the lower panel 22, which forms a sound output panel via a through opening 22A delimited by this panel 22.
• the panels 21 to 25 are advantageously made of wood, especially multilayer wood, including poplar and such as plywood. To obtain a sound of good quality, the upper face of the panel 21 is made of walnut tanganika.
• the snare drum 20 is fixed to the bass drum 10 in the game configuration of the battery 1. More specifically, the lower panel 22 of the snare drum 20 is fixed to the panel 17, in the operating position, of the bass drum 10, a right portion of the lower face of this panel 22 resting on only a portion of the upper face of the this panel 17.
• the panel 22 of the snare drum 20 and the panel 17 of the bass drum 10 are provided with corresponding removable attachment means, able to keep in place the snare drum 20 on the bass drum 10 in the game configuration battery 1 while the drummer is playing the drums.
• these removable fixing means comprise a magnetic pin 1 14, arranged integrally projecting from the panel 17, in the area of this panel to be covered by the snare drum 20, and a recess thoroughly ferromagnetic 27, complementary to the pin 1 14 and defined by the panel 22: in the play configuration of the battery 1, the pin 1 14 is received in the recess 27 and is brought into contact with the bottom of this recess, thereby blocking in place the snare drum 20 and the bass drum 10 relative to each other, at the same time, by complementarity of shapes between the pin 1 14 and the recess 27 and by magnetic locking between this pin and the bottom of this recess.
• fastening means between the snare drum 20 and the bass drum 10 are possible for the fastening means between the snare drum 20 and the bass drum 10, as long as these fastening means hold the snare drum and the bass drum in place in the playing configuration.
• battery 1 while the drummer is playing, while allowing, especially without tools, the separation of the snare drum and the bass drum one vis-à-vis the other in order to pass the battery configuration of play to the storage and transport configuration.
• the recess 27 is provided in two copies, as clearly visible in FIG. 2: in this way, during the assembly of the big 10 and the snare drum 20 to one another to put the battery 1 in its game configuration, the user chooses, from the two available copies, the recess 27 actually receiving the pin 1 14, these two examples are thus respectively associated with two different setting positions.
• This choice of adjustment allows the user to better adapt the game configuration of the battery 1 to its morphology or its game preferences, in connection with the relative positioning of the bass drum 10 and the snare drum 20.
• hi-hats support 30 comprises a base 31 which, in the play configuration of battery 1, bears on the ground.
• This base 31 has a generally parallelepipedal external shape, being closed on all sides, except its side facing forward.
• the base 31 comprises a rear main panel 32, an upper panel 33, a lower panel 34 and side panels 35, respectively left and right, the panels 33, 34 and 35 extending forwards from the peripheral periphery rear panel 32, perpendicular to the latter.
• Each of the panels 32 to 35 is substantially planar.
• the panels 32 to 35 are permanently fixed to each other.
• the internal volume of the base 31, which is delimited jointly by the panels 32 to 35 between them, is open on the outside of the base 31 by its front side.
• the snare drum 20 is, in addition to being removably attached to the bass drum 10 as previously explained, removably attached to the base 31 of the hi-hat stand 30. More precisely , the lower panel 22 of the snare drum 20 is fixed on the upper panel 33 of the base 31, a left part of the lower face of the panel 22 bearing on the upper face of the panel 33, only partially covering this panel 33.
• the vertical dimension of the base 31 is equal to that of the bass drum 10, the upper panel 33 thus being aligned with the same height as the panel 17, in the service position, the bass drum.
• the bass drum 10 and the base 31 of the hi-hat stand 30 are spaced from one another, following the horizontal, so that that the snare drum 20 is cantilevered both with respect to the bass drum 10 and towards the base 31 of the hi-hat stand 30: in this way, the through opening 22A the lower panel 22 of the snare 20 opens on the outside of the snare drum, in the free space between the bass drum 10 and the base 31 of the hi-hat stand 30.
• these fixing means comprise two magnetized pins 36, provided integrally projecting from the upper panel 33 of the base 31, and two recesses with a magnetic bottom 28, respectively complementary to the pins 36 and delimited in the lower panel 22 of the snare drum 20.
• the pins 36 are respectively received in the recesses 28 and are respectively brought into contact with the bottom of these recesses: the lower panel 22 and, by there, the snare drum 20 are then locked in abutment on the upper panel 33 and, hence, opposite the base 31 of the hi-hat support 30, both by cooperation of shapes between the pins 36 and the recesses 28 and magnetic locking between these pins and the ferromagnetic bottom of the recesses.
• the pin 1 14 and the recess 27 other embodiments than the pins 36 and the recesses 28 are conceivable for the removable fixing means between the snare drum 20 and the base 31 of the hi-hat stand 30.
• the snare drum 20 forms a connection and relative positioning bridge between the bass drum 10 and hi-hat stand 30 in the play configuration of the battery 1.
• the base 31 is, by its external dimensioning, designed to be housed inside the bass drum 10, between the parts 1 1 and 12 of the latter in a compact position. More precisely, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the base 31 can be fully engaged inside the rear portion 12 of the bass drum 10: the side panels 35 of the base 31 are fittedly received between the side panels 19 of the rear portion 12, the rear panel 18 of the portion 12 closing the front side of the base 31 in the storage and transport configuration of the battery 1.
• the base 31 of the hi-hat stand 30 is sized to receive the snare drum 20 in full in the storage and transport configuration of the battery 1, as shown in FIG. 8. Specifically, the snare drum 20 is nested in FIG. all within the base 31, the side panels 25 of the snare being fitly received between the side panels 35 of the base 31.
• the hi-hat stand 30 also has a spacer 38 which is distinct from the base 31.
• the spacer 38 is vertically interposed between the base 31 and the lower cymbal 3 of a pair of hi-hat cymbals 2, shown in phantom only in FIG. 4.
• the spacer 38 is in the form of a block elongated vertically.
• the lower end of the spacer 38 rests on the upper panel 33 of the base 31 of the hi-hat stand 30.
• the upper end of the strut 38 forms a downward support for the lower cymbal 3: advantageously, this upper end of the spacer 38 is provided with a non-skid pad 39 which favors holding the cymbal 3 in place.
• the spacer 38 is dimensioned for, in the storage and transport configuration of the battery 1, to be housed entirely within the base 31 of the hi-hatset 30, together with the snare drum 20, as shown in FIGS. Figures 8 and 9.
• the spacer 38 has a vertical dimension strictly less than the horizontal spacing between the faces facing each other, the side panels 35 of the base 31, thus making it possible to arrange the spacer 38 substantially horizontally between the lateral panels 35 of the base 31 in the storage and transport configuration of the battery 1.
• the hi-hat stand 30 also comprises a rod 310 for controlling the upper cymbal 4 of the pair of hi-hat cymbals 2.
• This rod 310 which is distinct from the base 31 and the spacer 38, is carried by the base 31 in a mobile manner in translation in the longitudinal direction of this rod, the latter extending vertically in the play configuration of the battery 1.
• the rod 310 is thus displaceable in translation relative to the base 31 between an extended position, associated with the play configuration of the battery 1, and a retracted position, associated with the storage and transport configuration.
• the rod 310 In its deployed position, the rod 310 extends predominantly outside the base 31, passing right through the upper panel 33 of this base, and the spacer 38, between the lower and upper ends of this spacer, to emerge from the upper end of the spacer, as clearly visible in Figures 3 to 5.
• this rod passes freely through the lower cymbal 3, perforated for this purpose , and the upper cymbal 4 can be attached to the upper end of the rod 310, by any appropriate means, being also noted that the pair of cymbals 2 is known per se and available commercially as an accessory for the acoustic batteries of the prior art.
• the rod 310 In its retracted position, the rod 310 does not extend outside the base 31 but is housed entirely within this base, as shown in dashed lines in FIG. 8. In practice, it is understood that the longitudinal dimension of the rod 310 is equal to or less than the vertical dimension of the base 31.
• the snare drum delimits, in its front panel 23, a through-hole 29, arranged to receive through it the rod 31 in the retracted position.
• this through hole 29 is substantially complementary to the rod 310 so that, in the retracted position, the rod 310 holds the snare drum 20 in position inside the base 31 in the storage and transport configuration of the battery 1.
• the rod 310 In the deployed position, it is provided that the rod 310 retains mobility in translation along its longitudinal direction, with respect to the base 31, so as to translate the upper cymbal 4 of the pair of hi-hat cymbals 2 in the configuration in translation.
• Battery game 1 This link movable in translation between the base 31 and the rod 310 in the deployed position is formed at a housing 312, shown in detail in Figure 7 and fixedly integrated inside the base 31, immediately below the area of the upper panel 33, through which the rod 310 passes.
• this housing 312 is fixed to one of the lateral panels 35 of the base 31.
• the housing 312 is provided with a vertical tube 314 slidably mounted through the housing 312 in the longitudinal direction of this tube.
• the tube 314 is integrally provided with an outer ring 315 traversed transversely by a knurled screw 316 engaged to the inside of the tube 314.
• the rod 310 is slidably mounted, in its longitudinal direction, to the inside the tube 314: by tightening the screw 316, it is understood that the rod 310 is fixedly bonded to the tube 314, and this both when the rod is in the deployed position than when in the retracted position, while, when the screw 316 is unscrewed, the rod 310 is freely displaceable in translation inside the tube 314, allowing its passage between the deployed and retracted positions.
• the tube 314 is integrally provided with an outer ring 317 secured to a traction cable 318: it is understood that by pulling the cable 318 downwards, translates downwardly the tube 314 relative to the housing 312 and, relative to the base 31 of the hi-hat support 30.
• the end of the cable 318, opposite that secured to the ring 317, is secured to a pedal 320 belonging to the hi-hat stand 30.
• This pedal 320 comprises a lower panel 321 and an upper panel 322, articulated one on the other about an axis of articulation ZZ, for example via a hinge.
• the upper panel 322 is, at its end opposite to the hinge axis ZZ, secured to the traction cable 318, by any appropriate means.
• the panel 321 is, at its end opposite the axis of articulation ZZ, designed to be fixed removably to the base 31: more specifically, in the embodiment considered in the figures, this end of the bottom panel 321 has a recess contour with a complementary recess, delimited in the lower face of the lower panel 34 of the base 31, so that, in the game configuration of the battery 1, this end of the lower panel 321 of the pedal 320 is blocked by the base 31, cooperating exclusively by complementarity of shapes with the lower panel 34 of this base, as can be clearly seen in FIG. 6.
• other embodiments are possible for the detachable connection between the pedal 320 and the base 31.
• the pedal 320 allows, in the play configuration of the battery 1, to translate in translation relative to the base 31 of the hi-hat support 30 the rod 310 while the rod is in the deployed position, resulting correspondingly the upper cymbal 4 attached to the upper end of this rod.
• the hi-hat stand 30 comprises a spring 324 permanently arranged inside the casing 312. More specifically, in the embodiment considered , the spring 324 is disposed around the tube 314, more specifically around the current portion thereof. As clearly visible in Figure 7, the upper end of the spring 324 is pressed up against the ring 315, while its lower end is pressed against the housing 312, specifically against the bottom wall of the housing, traversed so sliding through the tube 314. It is understood that when the tube 314 is moved downward, its ring 315 compresses the spring 324 which then tends to push the tube upwards.
• the spring 324 is advantageously arranged in the housing 312 in a compressed state, in the sense that, even in the absence of pulling the tube 314 downwards, the spring 324 plates the ring 315. against the housing 312, more precisely against the upper wall of the latter, traversed slidably by the tube 314.
• the spring 324 in the play configuration of the battery 1, when the beater presses the pedal 320, the spring 324 is resiliently opposes the driving of the rod 310 in translation downwards, while in the absence of biasing the pedal 320, the spring 324 holds the rod 310 in place, if necessary after having recalled it in translation upwards.
• the system associating the housing 312, the tube 314, the traction cable 318, the pedal 320 and the 324 spring allows the drummer to control in translation in both directions the rod 310 in the longitudinal direction of this rod and, in this way, to control the approximation-spacing of the upper cymbal 4 vis-à-vis the lower cymbal 3 of the pair of hi-hat cymbals 2.
• the pedal 320 In the storage and transport configuration of the battery 1, the pedal 320 is housed entirely within the base 31 of the hi-hat stand 30, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10. In practice, the pedal 320 occupies the portion of the internal volume of the base 31, left free by the snare drum 20 and the spacer 38 also housed in this internal volume.
• the snare drum 20 preferably occupies the lower part of the internal volume of the base 31, taking advantage of the totality of the horizontal spacing between the side panels 35, without interfering with the housing 312, while the spacer 38 and the pedal 320, as well as the traction cable 318, occupy the upper part of the internal volume of the base 31, resting on the front panel 23 of the snare drum 20 and accommodating the presence of the housing 312 , subject to appropriate sizing of these parts.
• the panels 32 to 35 of the base 31 and the panels 321 and 322 of the pedal 320 are advantageously made of wood, in particular of multilayer wood, such as plywood.
• the spacer 38 and the housing 312 are advantageously made of solid wood, for example beech.
• all or part of the base 31, the pedal 320, the spacer 38 and / or the housing 312 may be made of other materials than wood, especially metal or a synthetic material, such as plastic.
• the rod 310, the tube 314, the traction cable 318 and the spring 324 are preferably metallic.
• the drummer then disassembles the components of the hi-hat stand 30: without tools, it disassembles the pedal 320 with respect to the lower panel 34 of the base 31 and it disassembles the spacer 38 vis-à-vis the upper panel 33 of the base 31, making it go up along the rod 310, maintained for the moment in the deployed position, until to release the spacer vis-à-vis the rod.
• the drummer places the snare drum 20 in the lower part of the internal volume of the base 31, directing the panel 23 upwards: it can then loosen the screw 316 and push down the rod 310, so as to pass from its deployed position to its retracted position, through the hole 29 of the snare 20, the latter being thus locked inside the base 31 by the rod 310.
• the spacer 38 and the pedal 320 are then placed in the upper part of the internal volume of the base 31, as shown on the At this stage, the hi-hat stand 30 and the snare drum 20 are as shown in FIG. 8 and are then, in a single assembly, housed inside the bass drum 10.
• the parts 1 1 and 12 of the bass drum 10 were separated from each other, with the removal of the butterfly screws 1 12: the panel 17 then switches from its operating position to its storage position, as shown in FIG. 9.
• the battery 1 reaches the storage and transport configuration of FIG. 11, the parts 11 and 12 can then be assembled one to one. by the butterfly screws 1 12.
• the panel 17 is in its storage position, it does not interfere with the base 30, allowing the total casing of this base between the parts 1 1 and 12 of the bass drum 10 .
• the passage of the battery 1 from its storage and transport configuration to its game configuration is performed by reverse operations to those just described. In both cases, these operations take place, in total, in a few tens of seconds, typically less than a minute, for example about 40 seconds.
• the bass drum 10, the snare drum 20 and the hi-hat stand 30 jointly weigh less than 10 kg, or even less than 9 kg, or even less than 8 kg, or even less than 7 kg, or less of 6 kg or even weigh 5.7 kg.
• Such weight meets the requirements of notorious airlines for cabin hand luggage.
• the battery 1 In its game configuration, the battery 1 produces a sound that perfectly replaces that of an acoustic battery of the prior art. If necessary, this sound can be amplified by commercially available microphones as accessories for acoustic batteries of the prior art. Note that the battery 1 is, because of its structure, advantageously predisposed to amplification with microphones pre-incorporated in this battery.
• the different striking surfaces of the battery can be varnished, for example with liquid wax finish; the sound is not altered, while forming a satinization necessary for the sliding of brooms, particularly used in swing and jazz music; and or
• the battery can be arranged on a non-slip mat, advantageously supplied with the battery, being folded inside the bass drum 10 in the storage and transport configuration of the battery; if necessary, the lower faces and / or the lower slices of the bass drum 10 and / or the base 31 and / or the pedal 320 are equipped with hooking elements to the aforementioned carpet, such as Velcro strips ( trademark) ; and or
• the indications of dimensions and weights given above are not limiting of the invention; in particular, if we give up carrying it as hand luggage in the aircraft cabin, the battery 1 can be dimensioned larger, while keeping its practicality of reduced storage and its ease of transport, for example in the trunk a car; and or
• the geometrical shapes described above for the bass drum 10, the box 20 and the hi-hat stand 30 are also not limiting of the invention, in the sense that these forms can, in practice, present ordering arrangements; essentially aesthetic, such as rounded corners, cut corners, etc.

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